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Tragedy, triumph, and a whole life lived in between: Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, as well as his own song-cycle Till Dawning.

Mahler’s Fifth Symphony begins with a funeral march – but that’s only the start of this particular story, with its tragedies, triumphs and distant horn-calls - plus, of course, the famous Adagietto, possibly the sweetest love-letter ever written in sound. Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer’s insight to Mahler’s huge vision – and conducts his own song-cycle Till Dawning.
 
'Can there be any day but this / Though many suns to shine endeavour?' Like Mahler’s symphony, Till Dawning tells a story of suffering, struggle and triumphant reawakening, and this new orchestral version only heightens its emotional intensity. Wigglesworth himself conducts, and it's sung by soprano Elizabeth Watts.

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This performance will finish at approximately 9.30pm, including a 20-minute interval

Produced by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Programme

  • Ryan Wigglesworth   Till Dawning (UK premiere)
  • Gustav Mahler   Symphony No 5

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Ryan Wigglesworth   conductor
  • Elizabeth Watts*   soprano

*Sophie Bevan has had to withdraw from this performance 

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